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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes with Dupin to the Rue Morgue?

2. What type of home do Dupin and the narrator live in?

3. In his ad, what does Dupin claim to possess?

4. What does Dupin hope the ad will do directly?

5. Which of the following did the animal do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Edgar Allan Poe include an epigraph before the story begins?

2. Why is Adolphe arrested for the murders?

3. Describe the reason why you think the title was chosen.

4. Could Dupin's analytical skills be a curse, or a bad thing? Why or why not?

5. What is The Narrator's motivation in the story?

6. Describe Adolphe's encounter with Madame L'Espanaye.

7. What are three activities or jobs Dupin might enjoy doing using his analytical abilities? Why?

8. How does The Narrator describe the story that he tells?

9. What elements make "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" a Gothic story?

10. What does the epigraph at the beginning of the story mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Poe's purpose in beginning the story with an epigraph?

Essay Topic 2

What elements of a frame story are in this story? What purpose do these elements serve?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways are the murders at the Rue Morgue strange? What special circumstances surround the murder, and what role do they play in the story?

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